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| Group | Goal of Group | Group Make Up | Skills Required Prior to Entry | Practice Attendance | Equipment Needed |
Meets |
| Seal Pups | To learn all four competitive strokes, starts, and turns, to introduce sport of competitive swimming | Beginners, transition from lessons to team, minimum age 5 | Can swim 25 yards unassisted, familiar with strokes | 3 days a week offered | Fins (be sure to write swimmer's first & last name on them!) | Encouraged to attend Home and Duel Meets |
| Gold | To build competitive swimming skills, focus on technique work | Novice competitive swimmers, minimum age 7 | Knowledge of all 4 strokes, starts, turns | 5 days a week offered | Fins, kickboard and pull buoy | Home and Duel Required, local meets encouraged |
| Age Group | To foster competitive spirit and love of swimming, introduce swim training concepts | Intermediate competitive swimmers, minimum age 8 | Legal in all 4 strokes, starts, turns | 5 days a week offered | Fins, kickboard and pull buoy | Home and Duel Required, 1 local meet per month |
| Age Group Performance | To develop race strategies, grow competitive abilities and stroke technique | Intermediate competitive swimmers with an interest in elite level swimming, minimum age 11 | 2 MSI Winter Champs cut times, ability to read pace clocks & handle training sets | 60% attendance requirement, 5 days a week offered | Fins, kickboard, pull buoy, hand paddles and snorkel | Required: Home, Duel, and all MESI Meets, and New England Swimming meets encouraged |
| Senior/PreSenior | To develop race strategies, grow competitive abilities and stroke technique | Swimmers with a competive background looking to continue in the sport at the MESI and out of LSC level, minimum age 13 | Legal times in all events, expert knowledge of clock training, pace/interval work, understanding of set structures | 60% attendance requirement, 5 practices a week offered Senior - 5 for Pre-Senior | Fins, kickboard, pull buoy and hand paddles | Home meets required, MESI and New England Swimming meets encouraged |
| Senior Performance | To qualify for and attend national level meets (ie Sectionals, Futures, Juniors, etc.) | Fully committed, elite level swimmers looking to qualify for national level meets, athlete has chosen swimming as primary sport/activity | Meet and practice attendance demonstrates higher level commitment to goals | 80% attendance requirement, 8 practices a week offered | Fins, kickboard, pull buoy, hand paddles and snorkel | Attendance at all meets on Elite Schedule is mandatory |
